DC Climate, Politics, and Sustainability Weekly

Colleagues in Climate Action and Sustainability,

With apologies for the late hour, below please find this week’s lists of events, reports, peer-reviewed studies, news and commentary, and podcasts

Included again are advance notices for two half-day events later this month at Catholic University and for a multi-day “summit” at  George Washington University in April. American, Catholic, and GW are represented in the lists that follow.

Bill McKibben aptly summarized the upshot of last week, in which Trump’s disruptive powers were diplayed twice. We must face the challenge of “surviving on Trump’s dangerous planet.” Meeting some of your co-survivalists at one of this week’s many events might be a good way to start.

Until next week,

Michael

P.S. If you would like to offer advance notice of an upcoming event at your institution, just include the necessary details and links in a reply to this email.

The Climate, Politics & Sustainability Weekly – Sun., March 2^md – Sat., March 8^th       

Advance Notices for Upcoming Events

      March 21, Half-Day – Student Sustainability Leadership Summit – Catholic University

      March 21, Half-Day – Healthy Homes Fair – Catholic University / Electrify DC / Mitsubishi

     April 17–18, Multi-Day – 2026 Planet Forward Summit: Take the Mic, Shape the Story – GW

DC Events – In-Person and/or Online

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 01;00 PM – Gaza’s Reconstruction: Water, Energy & Infra, w. EcoPeace – Stimson

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 01:00 PM – Quarter of Homes Cost < $200K. Why Can’t Families Buy Them? - NA

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 01:15 PM – An Update on US Military Actions in Iran – Center for Amer. Prog.

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 02:00 PM – Why Are Electricity Prices Rising & What Can Be Done? – Brookings

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 05:00 PM – Head of State of Series: Pres. Carlos Alvarado Quesada – JHU SAIS

– Mon., Mar. 2 @ 07:00 PM – Our Diaries, Ourselves: How Diarists Document Our World – P&P

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 08:00 AM – Securing Venezuela’s Freedom After Maduro – Hudson Institute

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 11:30 PM – N. Korea’s 9^th Party Congress: Domestic/Global Implications – Stimson

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 12:00 PM – In Sickness and in Health with author Laura Mauldin – New America

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 12:00 PM – Life, Death & Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine w. R. Malley – Quincy

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 01:00 PM – The Future of Geothermal: Power Generation – Env. Law Institute

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 02:00 PM – War in Iran: What Happens Next? – Brookings Foreign Policy Prog.

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 03:00 PM – Igniting Innovation Prog. & Path Forward on Wildfire Policy – EESI

– Tues., Mar. 3 @ 05:30 PM – Venezuela: Negotiation Deadlock, Crisis, and Collapse – JHU–SAIS

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 09:00 AM – Using Labor Mobility to Make Vocat. Training More Effective – CGD

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 09:00 AM – State of US-Japan Relations in Changing Global Economy – PIIE  

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 09:00 AM – Myanmar’s Deepening Relationship with Russia – Stimson Center

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 09:30 AM – ½ Day – USMCA 2026 Launch: Future of N Amer. Trade – Brookings  

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 10:00 AM – Washington Post & Future of Newspapers, w/ Marty Baron – CEIP

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 11:00 AM – Is Home Ownership Still Part of the American Dream? – BPC

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 11:00 AM –The Trump Administration’s America First Investment Pledges – PIIE

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 12:00 PM – Constitutional Studies: The Return of General Law – AEI & CUA-CIT

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 12:00 PM – Exploring Health & Sustainability Impacts of Data Centers - GWSPH– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 12:00 PM – When Nuclear Danger Becomes Background Noise – New America

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 01:00 PM – How AI Is Reshaping our World: A Webinar for Students – Pulitzer

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 04:00 PM – Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage – CGD & Inst. Global Pol.

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 05:00 PM – Securing America’s Critical Mineral Supply Chain – Hudson Inst

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 11:00 AM – ½ Day -The Washington DC Energy Forum – Rystad Energy

– Wed., Mar. 4 @ 07:00 PM – Okavango: Exploring Africa’s Lost Headwaters w Steve Boyes – P&P

– Thrs., Mar. 5 @ 12:00 PM – The True Cost of a $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget – Quincy Institute

– Frid., Mar. 6 @ 08:00 AM – Return to Proper Policy at Intersection of Antitrust & IP – Hudson Inst.

– Frid., Mar. 6 @ 10:00 AM – The Socio-Technical Risks of AI Audio for the Global South – Stimson

– Frid., Mar. 6 @ 07:00 PM – El Paso: 100 Years of Blood, Migration, Race, Memory w J. Ulloa – P&P

– Frid., Mar. 6 @ 07:00 PM – How Jeannette Rankin Became First Woman in Congress – P&P Wharf

       Note: If any part of the title for an event has been italicized, then it’s focused on an author interview or book discussion.

New Reports and Books

From Impact to Income: How Sustainability Reporting Affects the Bottom Line: A Literature Review on the Links Between Sustainability Reporting and Financial Performance by A. Ozdemir et al (GRI 2025, 29 pages, free download)

The AI Safety Paradox: A Literature Review on the Safe Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Engineered Systems by R. Coldicut et al (Lloyd Register’s Foundation 2026, 93 pages, free download)

For Many Black Americans, Family Extends Beyond Birth and Legal Ties by Kianna Cox et al  (Pew Research Center 2026, 93 pages, free download)

Pursuing Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Gaza: A Critical Pathway to a Durable Peace by S. Efron et al (Rand 2026, 74 pages, free download)

Just Transition and Care Work: An International Inquiry by S. Barca et al (UN RISD 2025, 78 pages, free download)

Peer-Reviewed Studies

Env. Comm (AdvOn) – “Who Has Voice in Energy Transition in US: 50-State Study of Local News”

PLoS One (Feb) – “Scientists as Activists: An Ethnography of Transition to Climate Activism”

Science Advances (Feb) – “Increasing Synchroniciaty of Global Extreme Fire Weather”

Science of the Total Environment (Feb) – “Life Cycle Hotspots in Chocolate Production”

Sustainability (Dec) – “The Greenhouse Gas Burden of Weatherizing Northern US Homes”

Popular Commentary, News and Analysis

BAS (02.23) – “Deny, Delay, Downplay: How Govts Hide CC Intelligence” by R. Santarsiero

Capital & Main (02.20) – “As CC Crisis Upended Homeowners Ins., Ind. Resisisted Reg.”

Climate Brink (02.24) – “AI-Augmented Scientist: Promise/Perils of AI Tools” by Z. Hausfather

The Crucial Years (02.28) – “Surviving on Trump’s Dangerous Planet” by Bill McKibben

Grist (03.01) – “Balcony Solar Is Taking State Legislatures by Storm”  by AF Takemura

Guardian (02.22) – “The Great Olympic Lie: Untold Story of Winter Games Huge Env. Impact”

Inside Climate News (02.26) – “ US Govt Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn”

Nation (02.26) – “The Planet-Sized Hole in Trump’s State of the Union Address” by I. Cohen

Resilience (02.24) – “The Youth Movement in a Post-Growth World” by Adel Ramdani

Wash. Post Op (02.26) – “How Can Conservation Back Fire? Look at Gray Wolves” by J. Wood

Podcasts & Radio Stories

CECE – Apocalyptic Optimist (02.24) – “Why Solidarity Is So Hard .. w/ Rashawn Ray”

Climate One – The Podcast (02.27) – “Electric Bills are Bonkers. What Can We Do about It”

Heated – Podcast (New!) (02.26) – “Climate Coverage Is Shrinking, We’re Expanding It!”

Heatmap – Shift Key (02.28) – “How Trump’s War Could Destabilize the Global Energy Market”

Inside Climate News – Sunday Morning (03.01) – “Whales in a Warming World”

Planet Critical – Podcast (02.26) – “Designing Livable Futures, w T. Scheinder & J. Till”

PRX – Living on Earth (02/27) – Bonaire Res. Fight for Climate Justices / Wastewater to Wealth

Resilience – Podcast (02.27) – “When Science Communicaetion Fails, with John Cook”

RFF – Resources Radio (02.24) – “Phosphorous and a World Out of Balance w Dan Egan”

Volts – Podcast (02.25) – “The Biggest Question in Clean Energy, w Catalyst’s Shayle Kann”